MATTAPOISETT — As Bill Tilden reflects on his 16 years as Old Rochester’s athletic director, he has a lot to be proud of. Not only did the Bulldogs capture eight state championships and a slew of ...

When four of the world’s best tennis players in 1940 converged on Palm Beach for a friendly court battle at the private Everglades Club, hundreds of spectators, including members of the public, filled ...

(Reuters) - Bill Tilden's star shone brightly during the golden age of American sports in the 1920s but his legacy as the most dominant tennis player of his generation remains overshadowed by his ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In the 1920s and 1930s, Bill Tilden was to tennis what Babe Ruth was to baseball. Honoring him with a historical marker should be an ace — if not for questions about his conduct ...

Life on a California prison farm was a humbling experience for Big Bill Tilden. During his 7½ months in jail (for “contributing to the delinquency of a minor”) he worked in the kitchen scouring pots & ...

In the heady 19205, when the world of sport boasted such immortals as Babe Ruth. Jack Dempsey, Earl Sande. Bobby Jones. Red Grange, Walter Hagen and Man o’ War, the gentlemanly game of tennis came out ...

POSSIBLY you observed that our Big Bill Tilden took another sock on the jaw recently; this time at New Haven during the Connecticut State Championships from the hand of his friend and one-time doubles ...

ON the day of our arrival from St. Louis in Kansas City, George Lott, John Hennessey and your observer were just sitting down to while away an hour at blackjack, when there came a knock at the door.